Chickerell

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:40

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

35 reported · August 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Other theft3
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Weymouth · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

208 food businesses within 2 miles

• 144 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Weymouth (3.4 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,191

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,771 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · ESSO (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (3.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Pulse Weymouth SF Connect filling station. (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
• Net moves+4,078

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• Not in the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lloyd Hatton

Labour

South Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £30,313 avg

e.g. AVON Representatives wanted in Chickerell, Dorset, England – start today, Trainee Driving Instructor - Chickerell, Dorset, England, Registered Nurse

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 69% · Wind 14% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 7%

282 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

0 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in DT3

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Dorset:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers438 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks378 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases330 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence229 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK168 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Chickerell · 0.3 km

  Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Weymouth. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 6,283. The parish includes the Charlestown neighbourhood and…

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  Sutton Poyntz (liberty) · 0.3 km

  Sutton Poyntz Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:Chickerell (part) Preston Stockwood

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  Putton · 0.4 km

  Putton is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England, located between Chickerell and Charlestown.

• Crookhill Brick Pit · 0.7 km

  Crookhill Brick Pit is a 4.77 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, notified in 2003.

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  Bennetts Water Gardens · 0.8 km

  Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre (32,000 m2) garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to S…

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  Bob Lucas Stadium · 1.2 km

  The Bob Lucas Stadium is a football stadium in Weymouth, England. It has been the home ground of Weymouth F.C. since 1987. It was formerly a greyhound racing and speedway stadium.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)